St Clair-Ford Baronets
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The Ford, later St Clair-Ford Baronetcy, of Ember Court in the County of Surrey, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 22 February 1793 for Francis Ford, a member of the Council of Barbados
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 and Member of Parliament
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 for Newcastle-under-Lyme
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. Captain St Clair Ford, youngest son of the second Baronet and grandfather of the sixth Baronet, assumed the additional surname of St Clair in 1878. The sixth Baronet was a Captain
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 in the Royal Navy
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Ford, later St Clair-Ford Baronets, of Ember Court (1793)

  • Sir Francis Ford, 1st Baronet (1758-1801)
  • Sir Francis Ford, 2nd Baronet (1787-1839)
  • Sir Francis John Ford, 3rd Baronet (1818-1850)
  • Sir Francis Colville Ford, 4th Baronet (1850-1890)
  • Sir (Francis Charles) Rupert Ford, 5th Baronet (1877-1948)
  • Sir Aubrey St Clair-Ford, 6th Baronet (1904-1991)
  • Sir James Anson St Clair-Ford, 7th Baronet (1952-2009)
  • Sir Colin Anson St Clair-Ford, 8th Baronet (b. 1939)
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